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Post by Vassaggo on Apr 13, 2024 23:04:35 GMT
112 not bad. Your doc put you on Meformin yet? Yeah you want the 120-130's a few hours after a meal at least not when you first wake up. I've dropped like 22lbs and gave up sugar soda. I'm getting 90's in the morning 130's after my 10mg of prednisone is digested back down to 90 by supper. Haven't seen above 150 since I broke my leg and was doing nothing but sitting in bed taking steroids, pain meds, and watching tv. They wouldn't give me the hbs pills they would just track my bs and counter it with insulin. So I spiked a few times. They said blood clots happen quite a bit if you are doing nothing but laying down. The 2 pills I take can cause kidney production decrease + blood clots so insulin way to go for short time. Plus lots of CT Scans with Dye... which doesn't play nice with Metformin.
yeah metformin at 750, not the highest dose but i've "heard" too much metformin over too much time is bad for one organ or another or might turn me into a zombie.
i went from 195 to now 180, my blood pressure is okay. my cholesterol has been my solid. i try not to overdo it on fats, fried food, etc. and eat my greens and avocados and drink a good share of water.
my 2 cans of coke per day are my vice of choice and someone told me to cut it to one a day and i have but it's a pain in the ass lol
Metformin is weird at low dose the FDA counts it as an anti-aging drug. At pharmaceutical level type 2 diabetes is 500-2000. Problem is you start to kidney damage and seen by doing creatinine + age + sex and I think you start to borderline risk Chronic Kidney Disease 3a or 3b around 1500mg of Metformin a day. If the damage is justified in keeping your BS down then 1500-2000 might be warranted. You will have to discuss that with Doc + Wife. I'm from 238 down to 216ish doc wants me around 205 at current fat/muscle/bone ratios + 74.5" height.
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Post by thekindercarebear (C/F/M) on Apr 13, 2024 23:08:40 GMT
the u.s. spends more than almost any other nation per student in education.
do not tell me it is money.
i am not buying it.
The money is pouring into standardized testing and professional development centered around standardized testing. It’s definitely not going into teacher salaries. It’s not going into hiring more teachers so class sizes are smaller.
i agree with your second part.
i disagree with the first.
the money is DEFINITELY not going to the teachers.
it's going to the building of these taj mahal like schools, the bloated administrators, and the superintendents.
vs
blaming standardized test makes no sense to me.
standardized test have little to do with why we're not reading the classics anymore or trying to get rid of GAT and AP classes.
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Post by Vassaggo on Apr 13, 2024 23:18:11 GMT
the u.s. spends more than almost any other nation per student in education.
do not tell me it is money.
i am not buying it.
The money is pouring into standardized testing and professional development centered around standardized testing. It’s definitely not going into teacher salaries. It’s not going into hiring more teachers so class sizes are smaller. Lots of the Lotto Money in NC and SC goes to razing old buildings and building new ones. Even if not needed. Old to one county near me was 12 years. Around me we have outstanding facilities in all 4 counties. Labs/Library/class rooms/study areas/football/baseball/basketball/track + large spacious locker rooms. We also get a lot of new buses too. Great fuel efficient buses... Here's the thing we got rid of the old buses for a steal to a company. So we just replaced the buses no increase in total pop able to be seated. NO plan for growth. We have increased the number of classrooms at least even with plowing under quite a bit to build the new buildings. So some expansion there mainly because they've added a new schools to the local districts. Problem there is they didn't increase the amount of teachers to match the population increase. (Which SC is at a boon right now) They just reshuffled them. So instead of having 36 students when 25 should be your limit at least the buildings are shiny and new. For the amount of building + rebusing if the refirbed, built through expansion current schools, only building totally new when they had too, then they could've added more teachers. They could've added more specialized teachers. They could've upped the pay of all but especially first 5 years. To try and incentivize new people entering the field. Oh and they over paid for licensing for new books. And not the cheaper e-books but physical books which are the same as e-books but more expensive.
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Post by thekindercarebear (C/F/M) on Apr 13, 2024 23:26:08 GMT
The money is pouring into standardized testing and professional development centered around standardized testing. It’s definitely not going into teacher salaries. It’s not going into hiring more teachers so class sizes are smaller. Lots of the Lotto Money in NC and SC goes to razing old buildings and building new ones. Even if not needed. Old to one county near me was 12 years. Around me we have outstanding facilities in all 4 counties. Labs/Library/class rooms/study areas/football/baseball/basketball/track + large spacious locker rooms. We also get a lot of new buses too. Great fuel efficient buses... Here's the thing we got rid of the old buses for a steal to a company. So we just replaced the buses no increase in total pop able to be seated. NO plan for growth. We have increased the number of classrooms at least even with plowing under quite a bit to build the new buildings. So some expansion there mainly because they've added a new schools to the local districts. Problem there is they didn't increase the amount of teachers to match the population increase. (Which SC is at a boon right now) They just reshuffled them. So instead of having 36 students when 25 should be your limit at least the buildings are shiny and new. For the amount of building + rebusing if the refirbed, built through expansion current schools, only building totally new when they had too, then they could've added more teachers. They could've added more specialized teachers. They could've upped the pay of all but especially first 5 years. To try and incentivize new people entering the field. Oh and they over paid for licensing for new books. And not the cheaper e-books but physical books which are the same as e-books but more expensive.
that's why i point to fiscal waste and mismanagement over not enough money.
i wish i could find my conversation i had with fetzer but with the other site dead and the search here of little help, i'd have less frustration doing a hundred pushups.
lemme go google it.
what a hot mess.
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Post by 🐈⬛ Molly 🐈⬛ (FU) on Apr 13, 2024 23:29:48 GMT
The money is pouring into standardized testing and professional development centered around standardized testing. It’s definitely not going into teacher salaries. It’s not going into hiring more teachers so class sizes are smaller.
i agree with your second part.
i disagree with the first.
the money is DEFINITELY not going to the teachers.
it's going to the building of these taj mahal like schools, the bloated administrators, and the superintendents.
vs
blaming standardized test makes no sense to me.
standardized test have little to do with why we're not reading the classics anymore or trying to get rid of GAT and AP classes.
I agree that administrator salaries are bloated, especially since they do little to support the teachers. Texas alone spent 388 million on standardized testing. Districts also pay companies that sell professional development services to districts all centered around teaching teachers strategies to improve standardized test scores (I.e teaching to the test)
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Post by Vassaggo on Apr 13, 2024 23:30:35 GMT
It’s never good when a person can’t read or do basic math. I don’t mean to down play that. I’m just saying some of these reports are a bit misleading. You also have to consider there are more collage graduates in the US than ever before, for all races. I can’t tell you what worries me more. An uneducated underclass (which you always had, and always will) or unchecked AI. How’s that for irony?
if we separate foreign students, how many college graduates do we have?
i ask this because you know our SAT scores?
if we took out the overseas kids, the east asians, and the indians - i feel our national SAT average score would be pretty abysmal.
I remember seeing Michio Kaku about 5 years ago say if it wasn't for the special student visas our post graduate, doctoral, and post doctoral programs in STEM in US would be Fragged. All high level post graduate and post doctoral fellowships in STEM are done by said Special Students from outside US especially in theoretical/applied physics, Engineering, Cosmology, and others. We just don't produce enough local quality post graduate, doctoral, post doctoral candidates.
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Post by san926f on Apr 13, 2024 23:32:58 GMT
the u.s. spends more than almost any other nation per student in education. do not tell me it is money. i am not buying it.
The money is pouring into standardized testing and professional development centered around standardized testing. It’s definitely not going into teacher salaries. It’s not going into hiring more teachers so class sizes are smaller. I'd love an audit to see what the individual states are doing with that money. I know I've told this story before, but when Whitmer closed the schools for Covid, the state had no plan for the students with no computer or internet access. And something like close to 50% of the kids in Detroit were at poverty level. The NAACP got the major corporations to donate thousands of laptops and 6 months of free wifi so those kids wouldn't get left behind. And it goes without saying, that benefit kids of all races in Wayne Co., not just the black children. I'll always defend the NAACP tooth and nail, when rubber meets the road, they are about their COMMUNITY. BUT, the point is, WTAF? MI is a poor state, but what would an audit find? The fact the state had no contingency plan for online schooling just blew my mind.
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Post by Roxy on Apr 13, 2024 23:38:13 GMT
Who were your teachers? They must be flogged. I couldn't help but notice it myself. And he's ranting about eduction. Indeed. And don’t let him shirk responsibility; I went to public school (here that’s what we call the free ones).
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Post by Roxy on Apr 13, 2024 23:44:28 GMT
What was your math score again? 600. [sad2] my parents were very kind not to disown me.
Oh, sweetie. But it’s only algebra and geometry. It’ll be okay. We’ll get you the help you need. 😜
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Post by Vassaggo on Apr 13, 2024 23:49:13 GMT
Lots of the Lotto Money in NC and SC goes to razing old buildings and building new ones. Even if not needed. Old to one county near me was 12 years. Around me we have outstanding facilities in all 4 counties. Labs/Library/class rooms/study areas/football/baseball/basketball/track + large spacious locker rooms. We also get a lot of new buses too. Great fuel efficient buses... Here's the thing we got rid of the old buses for a steal to a company. So we just replaced the buses no increase in total pop able to be seated. NO plan for growth. We have increased the number of classrooms at least even with plowing under quite a bit to build the new buildings. So some expansion there mainly because they've added a new schools to the local districts. Problem there is they didn't increase the amount of teachers to match the population increase. (Which SC is at a boon right now) They just reshuffled them. So instead of having 36 students when 25 should be your limit at least the buildings are shiny and new. For the amount of building + rebusing if the refirbed, built through expansion current schools, only building totally new when they had too, then they could've added more teachers. They could've added more specialized teachers. They could've upped the pay of all but especially first 5 years. To try and incentivize new people entering the field. Oh and they over paid for licensing for new books. And not the cheaper e-books but physical books which are the same as e-books but more expensive.
that's why i point to fiscal waste and mismanagement over not enough money.
i wish i could find my conversation i had with fetzer but with the other site dead and the search here of little help, i'd have less frustration doing a hundred pushups.
lemme go google it.
what a hot mess.
can even be worse for public school teachers. The Chica has Masters Degree in education k-8. She has a BA in English. At 18 years she was making for a 9 month 2 week contract she was making 47,000ish. There were 4 years where nobody got a raise in that 18 years. Now teaching she spent about 2,000 a year on things the kids would need that their parents cant afford. Things like Xmas Jackets. She got to right off 300 of that on her taxes. So Tech she's making 45,300. Well no what is is she Brought home around 36,000 a year spent 2,000 so 34,000 and then she could take of 300 from taxable income. So for 9 months she was getting 34,000 and she has to stretch that to 12 months. So 5 years ago she transferred to admin. She makes 44300 with a masters degree + 18 years school experience at a charter school. She probably breaks even because she doesn't spen the 2k anymore. Also she isn't showing up at 6:45 am leaving at 5pm and then doing another 1-2 hours of home grading and paperwork per day 9 months and 2 weeks a year. She gets there at 7:45am and leaves at 3:00pm with no home work. And working there still counts to her state pension. Originally she was going to do 25 and done. So 2 more years, but not having the weight of responsibility teaching + equalish pay + less stress she's going to go for 30 now. So 7 more years.
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Post by thekindercarebear (C/F/M) on Apr 13, 2024 23:49:40 GMT
600. [sad2] my parents were very kind not to disown me.
Oh, sweetie. But it’s only algebra and geometry. It’ll be okay. We’ll get you the help you need. 😜
i was a mediocre student and was happy with a 3.5, just enough to slide by with an A and that's it.
if i could go back in time with what i know, i wonder if i would try harder.
maybe not.
i'd likely abuse my knowledge to bed a lot more women and likely have 10 kids out of wedlock.
with 10 kids i can kiss my computer store goodbye.
so at 50 i'd likely be working at some chinese restaurant as a chef.
man.
that would totally mess up my Politics posting ability.
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Post by hugsfromlv426 on Apr 13, 2024 23:49:53 GMT
And I never actually see you bring up artcles on the Top 10 worse States/Areas. It's usually Baltimore/VA/DC. I know that's because you live near by. To others that don't know that it looks like you are cherry picking the black districts, areas and not bringing up the top 10 worst States for education (Which tend to be majority white or mostly white Arizona, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Alabama, South Carolina, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee according to world pop review/wallethub as of 2023) I am pretty sure all states are majority white other than Hawaii.
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Post by hugsfromlv426 on Apr 13, 2024 23:53:00 GMT
It’s never good when a person can’t read or do basic math. I don’t mean to down play that. I’m just saying some of these reports are a bit misleading. You also have to consider there are more collage graduates in the US than ever before, for all races. I can’t tell you what worries me more. An uneducated underclass (which you always had, and always will) or unchecked AI. How’s that for irony?
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Post by Roxy on Apr 14, 2024 0:05:51 GMT
Oh, sweetie. But it’s only algebra and geometry. It’ll be okay. We’ll get you the help you need. 😜 i was a mediocre student and was happy with a 3.5, just enough to slide by with an A and that's it. if i could go back in time with what i know, i wonder if i would try harder. maybe not. i'd likely abuse my knowledge to bed a lot more women and likely have 10 kids out of wedlock. with 10 kids i can kiss my computer store goodbye. so at 50 i'd likely be working at some chinese restaurant as a chef.
man. that would totally mess up my Politics posting ability.
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What happened to the bookstore? What did I name it? It’s been a minute. 😬 That’s my way of refusing to admit I forgot something. 😅
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Post by thekindercarebear (C/F/M) on Apr 14, 2024 0:10:27 GMT
i was a mediocre student and was happy with a 3.5, just enough to slide by with an A and that's it. if i could go back in time with what i know, i wonder if i would try harder. maybe not. i'd likely abuse my knowledge to bed a lot more women and likely have 10 kids out of wedlock. with 10 kids i can kiss my computer store goodbye. so at 50 i'd likely be working at some chinese restaurant as a chef.
man. that would totally mess up my Politics posting ability.
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What happened to the bookstore? What did I name it? It’s been a minute. 😬 That’s my way of refusing to admit I forgot something. 😅 I've added books to my computer store but no real book shop yet. That's in my 3 year plan. I'll be sure to keep you and everyone else posted haha
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